Saturday's League One Play-Off semi final first leg between Huddersfield and Millwall ended goalless at the Galpharm Stadium - but there were plenty of talking points afterwards, not least the two Lions penalty appeals waved away by referee darren Deadman.
The national media were out in force at the game - and here is what they said:
The Sun
Peter Clarke has told Scott Barron he needs to buy a new pair of boots - but not to plan on getting the chance to break them in at Wembley on May 29.
That is the date for the League One play-off final, and defiant skipper Clarke is determined he will be there leading Huddersfield into combat against either Swindon or Charlton.
He wants to add to Millwall's play-off misery after being angered by Barron's claim that that he was taken out by the Town centre-back with a blatant trip which should have earned the Lions a 59th minute penalty.
Clarke, 28, who survived an earlier spot-kick appeal when he appeared to handle Barron's 12th minute drive, snapped: "He reckons I brought him down deliberately, does he, and that it was a clear-cut penalty?
"Well, if that is what he thinks, then all I can say is that he cannot have had the right footwear on and must have slipped.
"He did ever so well to touch the ball past me, to be fair. But my main concern then was not to bring him down.
"I don't know whether he slipped or dived, but the ref had a big call to make - and he made it right."
Former Southend defender Clarke also laughed off the handball claim against him. He insisted: "The ball bounced off my face and, if it hit my arm, I was certainly not aware of it.
"But players are going to have to jump around with their arms strapped to their side if referees are going to give penalties for that sort of thing. It's nonsense."
After the Terriers' failure to conjure up a lead to take into tomorrow night's second leg at The New Den, the South London side are confident they can go on to clinch promotion through the play-offs for the first time in six attempts.
But Clarke has other ideas. He said: "The lads know we are still well in this tie. We shall go down to their place well prepared, and we are confident we can get the result required.
We are going there in a good frame of mind and know exactly what is needed.
People will tag us the underdogs now, but we do not look at it that way. It's two games, home and away, and we have shown over the course of the season that we can win anywhere.
Yeah, they have got home advantage but we are fully confident we can go to their ground, silence their fans and win. We are a good side on the counter-attack and, hopefully, that will pay dividends.
It might be well set up for us at Millwall. They will come out and attack us, and if they have bodies forward then who knows?
We have shown over the course of the season that we can score goals.
But, if we go down there with any inferiority complex, we might as well have finished in mid-table and not be here in the play-offs at all. But we have got a real belief that we can get the two results we need now to gain promotion."
And Clarke would just love to be the man who tames the Lions for the second time this term.
He snatched the Terriers' winner in a crucial 1-0 win over boss Kenny Jackett's side a month ago, and would relish the chance of delivering a repeat performance - if only to shut up Barron once and for all!
Clarke chuckled: "Sure, it would be nice to get the winner again, but I'll take it bouncing off someone's backside if it means the goal wins us the game.
All the lads will say the same, but we are under no illusions - it is going to be a tough 90 minutes. But we believe we have enough in us to progress."
Mail on Sunday
Millwall's chances of an important League One play-off semi-final victory were killed off by a referee called Deadman, who denied them two penalties in the first leg at The Galpharm Stadium.
Darren Deadman let Huddersfield captain Peter Clarke get away with blocking Scott Barron's shot with his arm and failed to point to the spot after Clarke's trip on Barron in the second half.
Clarke's flimsy excuse for the first penalty indicated he knew he had been lucky.
He said: 'The ball hit me square in the face. If it rebounded on to my arm after that, I was not aware of it.'
However, TV replays showed it had done nothing of the sort.
'I think Barron slipped for the second one. Maybe he didn't have the right footwear on,' added Clarke.
More realistic was the reaction of Millwall manager Kenny Jackett, who said: 'Both were valid penalty claims. I've seen them given before and you'd hope to get at least one of them.
You could possibly argue the first one was ball to hand but the second was definite. We showed plenty of spirit and on another occasion we could have got a decision.'
Former Newcastle midfielder Lee Clark, the manager of Huddersfield, said: 'I would have shouted for a penalty at the other end. But it's happened against me eight or nine times this season and more experienced managers than myself say it does even itself out in the end.'
Thirteen fans were banned from yesterday's game because of violence at a Huddersfield-Millwall game earlier this season. They could count themselves lucky as the tension took a grip on two normally free-scoring sides.
Huddersfield had scored 52 goals in their 23 home games during the regular season but mustered only two chances, when Jordan Rhodes skied an effort over from six yards and on-loan Manchester United midfielder Danny Drinkwater was denied by David Forde. Millwall did put the ball in the net through record scorer Neil Harris but Deadman rightly ruled it out for hand-ball.
The visitors finished the season five points clear of Huddersfield and only a late collapse allowed Leeds United to grab the second automatic promotion spot.
Having failed five times before in the play-offs, Jackett will have to ensure the disappointment of those penalty decisions does not affect his players psychologically.
Clark said of Tuesday's second leg: 'I hope they do think about their play-off record and get as nervous as hell. This tie is not over by a long stretch. The prize is to play at the most famous stadium in the world so we will give it everything.'
